Beating Brexit Day - 31 Oct 2019

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Originally Posted by Begonia

The date today is 18 August 2019 and there are 74 days left to go to Brexit on 31 October 2019.

Q1. If I were to order a new Volvo XC90 today, would it arrive before Brexit?

Q2. If it arrives after Brexit, then I might have to pay an Import Surcharge. I believe this charge is highly likely under 'No Deal' to be 10%. Correct?

Q3. I've been offered a cracking discount on a new XC90. That is, providing I order it very quickly. I've been told the expected delivery date is currently mid-October 2019. Can I believe this to be true? If it is true, then I would take delivery before Brexit and miss having to pay an Import Surcharge.

Q4. There is always a risk that the vehicle delivery might be postponed/delayed until after Brexit, thereby possibly incurring me with a 10% Import Duty surcharge on the vehicle price. a. Should I risk placing an order? or b. Should I wait a while and miss the cracking discount? There is always a risk too, that the dealership who are giving me the cracking discount are actually telling me a lie about the anticipated Delivery Date. After all, they are 'car dealers'!

Q5. What do you understand the current expected Delivery Date to be for a Volvo XC90 ?

Pre/post 31st Oct questions above are largely irrelevant to you if you have negotiated a deal with your dealer. Surely it is the dealer and not you that is importing the car, and thus parying any import duty. What you have to pay is entirely up to your agreement.

And should they insist that you have to pay any extra charges that they incur due to brexit simply test their optimism of a pre 31st Oct delivery by making that a pre-requisite of the deal.

Car agreements are a two-way thing, not a one-way thing.

Also, your car buying contract is with the dealer, not Volvo UK.